Having food allergies is a foodie’s worst nightmare.  During my first allergy test when I was very young, I tested positive for a peanut butter allergy. As I got older, my food allergy spreaded beyond peanut butter.  Today, I am also allergic to crab, lobster, certain types of spices, milk, and I think, iodine-rich foods.  
For the past two weeks, I’ve had two minor hive breakouts almost within an hour of eating a certain dish. The first time was when I was dining out, so I had no idea what …

iPhone cupcake creators Danielle and Nick Bilton took first place at the Cupcake Decorating Championship for these delectable looking treats.  Well deserved!
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Amidst of talking on the cell phone, fumbling over the radio controls, and shaving (or putting on make-up) while you drive, there’s one more distraction to send yourself and others into impending doom. Maplin, a British company that can be seen as the equivalent to Radio Shack in the States, is selling a microwave for the car.
The specifications on the website recommends turning on the car’s engine to prevent major battery drainage. Whether you want to use this while driving or not, is totally up to you. …

The number of people who have been sickened by tainted tomatoes has reached 552.  Seriously, don’t people take heed to warnings?  Let’s avoid the raw red plum, red Roma and red round tomatoes for now.
~ Kin

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Real Simple has a nice little feature on seven common cooking mistakes. One common mistake that the article mentions is not following a recipe in its entirety. It’s a great FYI for new cookers and seasoned cookers who might need to brush up on their cooking basics.
RealSimple via Lifehacker
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You can breathe a sigh of relief if you can’t or don’t eat dairy or cheese products. Turtle Mountain’s SO Delicious Dairy Free Ice Cream has come to the rescue! Made with soymilk and other organic ingredients, the ice cream is creamy and retains that great ice cream flavor. It sure comes close to tasting like milk-based ice cream and that’s good enough for me. I’ve only had the creamy vanilla flavor so far, but I’ll expand to the other flavors as soon …

A nice concept indeed, but they look way too uncomfortable to use. I hold my chopsticks three-quarters of the way up from the bottom. The upper half seems to be too flat and too non-ergonomical to handle. At $22.00 a pair, I would expect it to pick up the food for me. These chopsticks are touted as the world’s first set of bamboo folding chopsticks. Hopefully they’re not the last.
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